Work
The future of tertiary education
Why is it that when so many industries have had huge increases in efficiency thanks to computers and the internet it still takes the same amount of time to get a tertiary education? What's more, with… Audio
Miya Tokumitsu - The Myth of 'Doing What You Love'
These days everybody seems to want to do work that they love, that they're passionate about - nice work if you can get it - but what about those of us who have to work simply to pay the bills? Dr Miya… Audio
Deputy PM says some kiwis are hopeless
Bill English backed imigration by saying New Zealanders are "pretty damned hopeless". Are we a lazy, useless lot? Audio
Is working hard really a virtue?
Working hard is held up as being admirable but how much is too much? Audio
Spark says staff need more than IT skills to get ahead
The head of New Zealand's largest digital services and telecommunications business says it takes more than technology skills and experience to get ahead in the fast changing digital economy. Audio
Hugh Lauder - The Death of Middle-Class Jobs
Hugh Lauder is the author of The Global Auction - The Broken promises of Education, Jobs and Incomes. He's a professor of Education and Political Economy at Bath University and is in New Zealand for a… Audio
Angela Tiatia - Survey/Fa'aliga
At the heart of a new survey show by artist Angela Tiatia is a video work called Edging and Seaming. On one screen a lone Pasifika woman in Auckland sews baby garments in her garage, while on the… Audio, Gallery
Workplace WOF
There's advice to carry out a background check of your next potential workplace. How human is your new boss? Audio
Rise of the Robots
Martin Ford considers the future of the world's workforce in his book 'The Rise of the Robots' (One World). Audio
The most annoying people at work
It is nearly the end of the working year.That means an end to months of toil, which may or may not have been appreciated by your boss. It also means an end to a year of pet hates, such as work mates… Audio
Toxic workers
A Harvard study has coined the term "toxic" workers. Are they in your workplace. Audio
Why We Work - Barry Schwartz
How we work isn't working according to psychologist Barry Schwartz who says we focus too much on the pay packet and not enough on what makes work satisfying. In his new book Why We Work Schwartz… Audio
Work Ethics and 'Making a Fuss' - Cecile Meier
Making a fuss is not something New Zealanders are particularly good at, according to Cecile Meier. It's the topic of the half Swiss, half French journalists' latest opinion column for The Press. And… Audio
New union E Tu stands tall
The largest private-sector union in the country has been launched in Wellington.
Corporate ethics
On-line retailer Amazon is being outed as a company which rules its workers under a culture of fear. Audio
Study finds labour's income share has declined
A study has found workers have been getting a smaller proportion of total national income since the late 1970s. Audio
Staff and bosses have to be more flexible as workforce ages
A recruitment firm says how staff and bosses will have to radically adapt to different ways of being employed as the New Zealand workforce ages. Simon Bennett is the chief executive of Madison… Audio
Choosing your own holidays
What if you were able to take as many days off work as you feel you need - or deserve? Mark Gilbert analyses what Richard Branson's suggestion might mean. Audio
Gender discrimination in China
Author of "Socialism is Great!" Lijia Zhang has written about her own experience of working in a rocket factory back in the days of China under Chairman Mao - right through to today's fast growing… Audio
